CURATED LIBRARIES

A Curator's Bookshelf

In On Curating, Carolee Thea writes, "Among the major figures to have come of age in [today's] cultural milieu is the independent curator, whose importance can be compared to that of the literary critic's in the 1950s or the business consultant's in the 80s. Yet, aesthetically, curators are more like theater directors, and it could be argued that they follow a performance paradigm rather than one based on the object or commodity. We could say they are translators, movers or creators whose material is the work of others—but in any case, the role of mediator is inescapable. While the art critic embodies the generalized gaze of the public, the curator inversely translates the artist's work by providing a context to enable the public's understanding. The expanding geography of the art world, the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of artistic proposals, and the demands of various publics create a situation in which mediation plays an ever more crucial role in the exploration and dissemination of art."

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CURATING

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829556
USD $24.95 | CAD $33.95 UK £ 12.95

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
Active | In stock

A MANUAL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ART INSTITUTION

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865606181
USD $42.00 | CAD $50

Pub Date: 2/28/2010
Out of print | Not available

A.C.I., ART CATALOGUE INDEX

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829532
USD $95.00 | CAD $127.5 UK £ 55

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
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ABY WARBURG: BILDERATLAS MNEMOSYNE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746939
USD $230.00 | CAD $325

Pub Date: 5/26/2020
Active | Out of stock

ART LIFE: SELECTED WRITINGS 1991-2005

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780974364827
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 8/15/2005
Active | In stock

ART FOR SALE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775728157
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5

Pub Date: 7/31/2011
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ARTIST, AUTHORSHIP & LEGACY: A READER

Ridinghouse

ISBN: 9781909932456
USD $29.95 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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ARTIST-RUN SPACES

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641910
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/31/2013
Out of print | Not available

COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ART

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640159
USD $15.00 | CAD $20

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
Out of print | Not available

COMPOSING THE SPACE: SCULPTURES IN THE AVANT-GARDE

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960986591
USD $49.95 | CAD $69.95

Pub Date: 4/21/2020
Active | Out of stock

COMRADESHIP: CURATING, ART, AND POLITICS IN POST-SOCIALIST EUROPE

Independent Curators International (ICI), New York

ISBN: 9780692042250
USD $19.95 | CAD $29.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

CONCEPTUAL ART IN A CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE

Valiz/vis-à-vis

ISBN: 9789078088769
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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CONSERVATION: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878467297
USD $22.50 | CAD $31 UK £ 20

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
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CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE MUSEUM: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775719339
USD $40.00 | CAD $54

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

CONTINUING DIALOGUES: A TRIBUTE TO IGOR ZABEL

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829914
USD $28.00 | CAD $38.5

Pub Date: 3/1/2009
Out of print | Not available

CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS II

Aspen Art Press

ISBN: 9780934324892
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 12/17/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

COPY THIS BOOK

Onomatopee

ISBN: 9789491677939
USD $20.00 | CAD $29.95

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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CURATING RESEARCH

Open Editions/De Appel

ISBN: 9780949004031
USD $35.00 | CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 2/24/2015
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CURATING SUBJECTS

Open Editions/Occasional Table

ISBN: 9780949004161
USD $30.00 | CAD $40

Pub Date: 12/15/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

CURATING AND THE EDUCATIONAL TURN

Open Editions/De Appel

ISBN: 9780949004185
USD $35.00 | CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 7/31/2010
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ENTREPRECARIAT

Onomatopee Projects

ISBN: 9789493148161
USD $20.00 | CAD $28

Pub Date: 9/8/2020
Active | In stock

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GALLERISTS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640876
USD $24.95 | CAD $27.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
Out of print | Not available

EXHIBITING THE NEW ART

Afterall Books

ISBN: 9783865608598
USD $27.50 | CAD $32.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

FAIRLAND: EXPLORATIONS, INSIGHTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THE FUTURE OF ART FAIRS

Koenig Books

ISBN: 9783863355494
USD $19.95 | CAD $27.95

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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FRIEDRICH VON BORRIES: POLITICS OF DESIGN, DESIGN OF POLITICS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960984672
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Forthcoming

FROM SAN SERVOLO TO AMALFI

Charta

ISBN: 9788881588183
USD $34.95 | CAD $40

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
No longer our product | Not available

GENEALOGIES OF ART, OR THE HISTORY OF ART AS VISUAL ART

FUNDACIÓN JUAN MARCH

ISBN: 9788470756610
USD $75.00 | CAD $105 UK £ 65

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

HANS ULRICH OBRIST: INTERVIEWS, VOLUME 2

Charta

ISBN: 9788881587315
USD $75.00 | CAD $90

Pub Date: 6/30/2010
No longer our product | Not available

HARALD SZEEMANN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829099
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 14

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Active | Out of stock

HOW TO DO THINGS WITH ART

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641040
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 11/30/2010
Out of print | Not available

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ART WORK

Valiz

ISBN: 9789492095664
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Active | In stock

JOANNA DREW AND THE ART OF EXHIBITIONS

Skira

ISBN: 9788857239521
USD $45.00 | CAD $62

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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JUDGMENT AND CONTEMPORARY ART CRITICISM

Fillip Editions/Artspeak

ISBN: 9780973813364
USD $20.00 | CAD $25

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
Out of print | Not available

LINCOLN KIRSTEIN'S MODERN

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450820
USD $55.00 | CAD $75

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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LOOKING WRITING READING LOOKING

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

ISBN: 9788793659216
USD $30.00 | CAD $42 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 1/21/2020
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MAKING ART GLOBAL (PART 1)

Afterall Books

ISBN: 9783865609939
USD $27.50 | CAD $37.5

Pub Date: 1/31/2012
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MAKING AND BEING

Pioneer Works Press

ISBN: 9781945711077
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/28/2020
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037643839
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95 UK £ 16

Pub Date: 2/24/2015
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MUSEUMS AT THE POST-DIGITAL TURN

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867493524
USD $18.00 | CAD $24.95

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

NO INTERNET, NO ART

Onomatopee

ISBN: 9789491677960
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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ON CURATING II

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781938922909
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 3/22/2016
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ON CURATING: INTERVIEWS WITH TEN INTERNATIONAL CURATORS

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781935202004
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 1/31/2010
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PICTURES, PATENTS, MONKEYS, AND MORE…ON COLLECTING

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365592
USD $21.95 | CAD $30.5 UK £ 19.5

Pub Date: 2/2/2001
Active | Out of stock

POROCITY

Nai010 Publishers

ISBN: 9789462084599
USD $45.00 | CAD $62

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
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PRACTISING ART INTERNATIONALLY

Valiz/Casco

ISBN: 9789492095619
USD $24.95 | CAD $34.95

Pub Date: 6/24/2025
Forthcoming

RAISING FRANKENSTEIN

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865609182
USD $24.95 | CAD $27.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

RECTO / VERSO

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

ISBN: 9783906915302
USD $12.00 | CAD $16.5

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ROME: ETERNAL CITY

Skira

ISBN: 9788857239194
USD $45.00 | CAD $62

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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SEEN, WRITTEN

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780980024296
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 3/31/2011
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SHOW TIME: THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781938922336
USD $24.95 | CAD $33.95

Pub Date: 3/31/2014
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TALKING CONTEMPORARY CURATING

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365905
USD $19.95 | CAD $27.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

TEACHING ART IN THE NEOLIBERAL REALM

Valiz/Antennae Series

ISBN: 9789078088578
USD $28.95 | CAD $39.5

Pub Date: 5/31/2012
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

TEN FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF CURATING

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867490530
USD $27.50 | CAD $37.5

Pub Date: 10/31/2013
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

THE ART HAPPENS HERE: NET ART ANTHOLOGY

Rhizome

ISBN: 9780692173084
USD $35.00 | CAD $49.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

THE ART LIFE: ON CREATIVITY AND CAREER

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

ISBN: 9781450790659
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 3/31/2012
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

THE ART OF BEING A WORLD CULTURE MUSEUM

Kerber

ISBN: 9783735605122
USD $60.00 | CAD $85

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | Out of stock

THE BIENNIAL READER

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775726108
USD $55.00 | CAD $65

Pub Date: 11/30/2010
Out of print | Not available

THE FALL OF THE STUDIO

Valiz

ISBN: 9789078088295
USD $27.50 | CAD $37.5

Pub Date: 12/31/2009
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

THE FUTURE OF THE NEW

Valiz/Antennae

ISBN: 9789492095589
USD $28.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/22/2019
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THE FUTURE OF THE NEW

Valiz/Antennae

ISBN: 9789492095589
USD $28.95 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/22/2019
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THE GLOBAL ART WORLD

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775724074
USD $45.00 | CAD $55

Pub Date: 9/30/2009
Out of print | Not available

THE LEGACY OF TRANSGRESSIVE OBJECTS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783941360648
USD $29.95 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
Active | In stock

THINKING IN THIN AIR

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037786246
USD $35.00 | CAD $52.5

Pub Date: 3/24/2020
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THIS IS THE FLOW: THE MUSEUM AS A SPACE FOR IDEAS

Valiz

ISBN: 9789078088240
USD $32.50 | CAD $42.5

Pub Date: 3/1/2009
Active | Out of stock

TRIPLE BOND

Valiz/Antennae Series

ISBN: 9789078088493
USD $27.50 | CAD $37.5

Pub Date: 5/23/2017
Active | Out of stock

UNLEARNING EXERCISES

Valiz/Casco

ISBN: 9789492095534
USD $24.95 | CAD $34.95

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

VERTIGO: OP ART AND A HISTORY OF DECEPTION 1520 TO 1970

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960986089
USD $39.95 | CAD $55.95

Pub Date: 1/21/2020
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WHEN FACT IS FICTION

Valiz

ISBN: 9789492095718
USD $27.50 | CAD $38.5

Pub Date: 4/28/2020
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WHERE THE FUTURE CAME FROM

Soberscove Press

ISBN: 9781940190242
USD $25.00 | CAD $35 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/19/2020
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WHITEWALLING: ART, RACE & PROTEST IN 3 ACTS

Badlands Unlimited

ISBN: 9781943263141
USD $19.99 | CAD $27.95

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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WOMEN GALLERISTS

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775719759
USD $45.00 | CAD $55

Pub Date: 2/1/2009
Out of print | Not available

WORDS OF WISDOM: A CURATOR'S VADE MECUM

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365608
USD $14.95 | CAD $17.5 UK £ 12.99

Pub Date: 6/2/2001
Out of print | Not available

WORLD ART STUDIES

Valiz

ISBN: 9789078088226
USD $39.95 | CAD $53.95

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
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WRITINGS ON ART 1980–2005

HENI Publishing

ISBN: 9781912122288
USD $45.00 | CAD $62

Pub Date: 11/24/2020
Active | In stock

YOU, ME AND ART

Skira Paris

ISBN: 9788857238326
USD $55.00 | CAD $75

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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Recommended Reading: A Museum & Curatorial Studies Book List

A Curator's Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

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Fairland: Explorations, Insights and Outlooks on the Future of Art Fairs KOENIG BOOKS Pbk, 7.5 x 4 in. / 180 pgs / 29 color / 27 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $19.95	In the Shadow of the Art Work VALIZ Pbk, 6.25 x 9 in. / 304 pgs / 250 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Joanna Drew and the Art of Exhibitions SKIRA Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 224 pgs / 80 color. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Lincoln Kirstein's Modern THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 200 pgs / 205 color. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $55.00	Looking Writing Reading Looking LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 188 pgs / 40 color / 5 bw. | 1/21/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Museum of the Future JRP|RINGIER Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 240 pgs / 31 bw. | 2/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $29.95
No Internet, No Art ONOMATOPEE Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 416 pgs / 88 color / 107 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00	On Curating II D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 136 pgs / 84 color / 4 bw. | 3/22/2016 | In stock  |   US $29.95	On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 50 color. | 1/31/2010 | In stock  |   US $29.95
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